That message from the RCMP after an extensive search in Mispec was prompted by a hoax. A teenager who claimed to be wounded at a camp is now facing a charge of making a false 9-1-1 call.

Corporal George Parisella tells us this is no joke, and that 911 is only to be used for emergencies.

The RCMP say the youth called 9-1-1 and sounded very agitated when he claimed to have injured himself while cutting wood and was not able to give clear directions to where he was. The teenager was eventually located none the worse for wear in a camp off West Beach Road.

Passage of the city's new municipal plan next month is only the first step to charting a new direction in future development around town.

A comprehensive review of the zoning bylaw will be undertaken along with other initiatives, including the recreation master plan and Fairvale Boulevard corridor study, says Jaqueline Hamilton of PlanSJ.

Hamilton says the current zoning regulations are outdated and she's promising extensive public consultation before a new bylaw is ready for approval by Common Council in the summer of 2013.

Once the new
municipal plan is adopted by Common Council, city staff will ten embark
on a comprehensive review of the zoning bylaw.

Jacqueline
Hamilton of Plan SJ calls the current zoning regulations "outdated" and
in need of revamping to coincide with the new municipal plan that will
be the roadmap for future development over the next generation.

Hamilton
says the plan calls for the new zoning bylaw to be ready for approval
by the summer of 2013. She also promises there will be extensive public
consultation.

While
the new zoning bylaw is being drawn up, work will be done on a master
plan for recreation and future commercial development along the Golden
Mile on the west side.

A blaze that started in a shed early this morning in French Village has proved costly.

Rothesay fire officials getting the call around 2:45am. Once they got to the address on Raymond Road they found a shed ablaze. The shed, containing a number of ATVs, snowmobiles and motorcycles, was a write-off.

Although no one was hurt, the damage is estimated to be around $20,000 dollars. Fire officials are looking into what caused the blaze.